Novel public health risk assessment process developed to support syndromic surveillance for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2017, Pages e111-e117

  Smith, Gillian E ^a   Elliot, Alex J ^a   Ibbotson, Sue ^a   Morbey, Roger ^a   Edeghere, Obaghe ^a   Hawker, Jeremy ^a   Catchpole, Mike ^a   Endericks, Tina ^b   Fisher, Paul ^a   McCloskey, Brian ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health England Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mass gatherings; Risk assessment process; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; CROWDING (AREA); HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPORT;

CROWDING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 85032292794     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw054     Document Type: Article

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